Why does it disturb the healing when we pop our acne, but it’s fine when dermatologists extract it for us?

Question

I mean, assuming we still try to keep it sterile with alcohol the way they do.

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Answer 1

Think about when you pop a balloon. You just squeeze and squeeze until part of it fails. It usually tears the balloon apart and sometimes it is in several pieces afterwards.

Now try this, or look it up on Youtube: if you put a few layers of tape on the balloon, then carefully poke a hole through the tape with a sharp needle, the hole will not spread and the balloon will slowly, gently deflate. It’ll stay in one piece.

That’s the difference between popping a pimple and a doctor using surgical tools to drain it. They use sterile, sharp tools to do as little damage as possible. Your fingers and fingernails are the surgical equivalent of a broken glass bottle and a hammer.